So Very Dark

Thanksgiving is blissfully over and today we are getting our first snow*.  I have a cat on my lap, my boyfriend is threatening to do unspeakable things to my tea, I have a pile of unfinished homework that I keep trying to forget exists and the Top Gear Armageddon special queued up and waiting.

But before I surrender myself to the fabulousity of British Automotive shows, I had a few things I wanted to share.

1.  My Next Internship:

After the prospects for this quarters’ internship ranging from a beer company to a childrens’ educational group, I decided to see what I could do about seeking out my own internship this quarter, as I was hoping to find something at an actual graphic design studio.  So, a couple weeks ago, I sent out my resume and sample sheet to every design studio I could find in the area that actually had an email address.

To date, I have heard back from three.

One informed me that they did offer an internship program, and that it was 12 weeks long, unpaid and 40 hours a week.  As I would be attending classes full time and getting ready for graduation, I had to let them know that the position wasn’t exactly what I was looking for.

One regretfully replied with the news that they were not looking for an intern at this time.

The third, however (well, chronologically, the second, but it is more dramatic in this order) wrote back and told me that they had just been discussing bringing an intern on board at the beginning of the year and that they were intrigued by my offer to fetch coffee.  We set up an interview for the 24th, which was this past Wednesday.

My interview lasted about an hour and forty-five minutes.  I got a tee-shirt and they told me that my work was very impressive.  They told me about all kinds of stuff I would have the opportunity to learn and work on with them and I am pretty sure I am their intern this coming quarter.  I am supposed to get official confirmation around the beginning of this coming week.

2.  Star Wars Girl:

By now, you have very likely heard about Katie and her Star Wars thermos.  (if not, go here to read about it).

Well, in the past couple weeks, the internet has rallied in a wicked cool way, sending this sweet little geek girl all kinds of mad love.  Grown up geek girls (and boys…we don’t discriminate!) have written her thousands of messages, and there is an article about it here, including an interview with the little geekette herself.  I admit I got pretty teared up reading/watching this.  I wish the internet had been around when I was a little girl to tell me that there was nothing wrong with my love of reading and my use of big words.

Seriously, this is one of the main things I LOVE about the internet.  Sure, there are trolls and jerks and idiots galore, but there is also the reassurance that no matter who you are or what you are into or how weird you may be, there are other people like you out there.  And they will stand up for you.

3. On the Topic of Things That Warm the Cockles:

This post from IMMD was just kind of charming.

4. To Offset the Mushy, Something That’s Just Cool:

This glowing dress made of knitted clear tubes that move fluid around isn’t really a practical option for wearing, but is certainly awesome.  Plus, who knows?  Perhaps it will inspire some engineer/designer to figure out a way to make this work in an actual functional feasible fashion.  Regardless, this is super cool.

5. Tangled

I went to see Tangled last night.  It was awesome.  That is all.

* application of ‘snow’ may vary.  Company makes no promises regarding regularity, density or actual snow of falling snow.  Two visible flakes/hour or above constitutes ‘snow’.  Snow may be composed of falling frozen water, small pieces of dry leaf, or dirty windows viewed without glasses.  Please enjoy your ‘snow’.  All complaints and questions should be directed to…we’ll let you know when we have a department for that.